I recently tried out a friend’s battery charger case and my iPhone 3GS began to buzz and flash between locked, wallpaper, and temperature warning screens.

Not to be all Wall Street Journal about it, but according to sources in a position to know, this is not an uncommon problem and Apple is set to address it in the next firmware update, which should be coming soon — 3.1.

3.1 you ask? It’s what we asked as well, and were told the iPhone 3GS is already running what’s considered 3.0.1 and the next update would likely be 3.1 (though 3.0.2 or an “official” cross device 3.0.1 still sounds more like as a bug fix release to us).

Consider it a rumor for now, but at the very least, if your charging case is giving you headaches, rest assured help is on the way.

(And it’s recommended you don’t use it until the problem is addressed).

Palm Pre CDMA version is here for US users. The truth is not so many places using the CDMA standard, Pre need to provide GSM version in order to sell globally like the iPhone. A new video is leaked on the internet which shows the Palm Pre operated in Vietnam. Since the video shows it works perfectly, it would mean the GSM version is coming soon. iPhone 3GS is going to more places in July. Will Palm Pre be released at the same time? I am hoping the war begins. Palm Pre is the one that I would consider as the ultimate iPhone killer.

Introducing the iPhone Notepad. It’s sleek with huge storage. You can just write your notes to store the information. It’s designed by Chinese designer Zobo. Good stuff but don’t know when will it be released. It’s better than those iClones in China…

Skype (iTunes link) has been updated to 1.1, which brings it some new features making it more closely resemble its desktop sibling. So, what’s new? Well, there’s now support for Skype voicemail (subscription needed) and SMS text messaging.

However, SMS texting is not bidirectional. Which means that you can send SMS texts, but not receive them. And while a dialog box states that sent SMS texts will show up as sent from the sender’s Skype screen name, in my case it displayed the “999-99″ caller ID that typically accompanies calls from a Skype-based client. Perhaps that’s because I don’t have a SkypeIn number?

The 1.1 update also provides additional language support as well as more help when dialing phones.

Apple said iPhone 2G hardware can’t handle MMS, but the truth is not. There are plenty of tutorials that helps to enable iPhone 2G MMS, but it would be complicated for some users. If you have jailbroken the iPhone, you can just enable it with simple installation. Find “ActivateMMS2G” in Cydia. It’s in the iSpazio Source. If you can’t find it, install iSpazio from “Repositories”. Install “ActivateMMS2G” and restart the iPhone. Configure the MMS server settings in “Settings” > “General” > “Network” > “Cellular Data Network”. You are done.